Tobacco pipe



May 11, 1948 E. E. GREGORY 2,441,266

TOBACCO PIPE Filed Oct. 22, 1945 ATTOKNEK Patented May 11, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE v TOBACCO PIPE Everett E. Gregory, Kansas City, Application October 22, 1945, Serial No. 623.641 (01. 131-184) I 2 Claims.

This invention relates to smoking pipes of the character wherein tobacco is packed, and the primary aim is the provision of unique tamping structure for the tobacco, which structure is removably associated with the bowl of the pipe and is provided with means for cleaning the end thereof when in the housed condition,

A further aim of this invention is to provide a tobacco pipe with a removable insert and which has yieldable means for retaining the insert in place, and a basin below the insert for the collection of the oil from the tobacco being burned.

Further aims of the invention include the provision of a tobacco pipe, having a specially housed tamper; means for scraping collected ash or the like from the end of the tamper; and a compartment formed in the pipe body for collecting the ash or the like as it is removed from the tamper end.

Other aims of the invention will appear during the course of the following specification, referring to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a partial longitudinal central sectional view through the tobacco pipe made in accrdance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a. sectional view taken on line 11-11 of Fig. 1 with the tamper removed; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentar longitudinal sectional view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the tamper in an operative position.

The pipe comprises a body portion In and a removable stem 12, both of which are generally well-known but the former, in this instance, is specially designed to have a removable insert l4 held in place by a resilient annular marginally split clip l6 which cooperates with a detent is integral with bowl 20 of body "I.

The illustrated insert I4 is made of metal, but in practice the material from which it is constructed may be wood or other substance best suitable for the production of satisfactory tobacco pipes.

An upward pull on clip IE will release the interengagement between members l6 and I8 and allow the withdrawal of insert l4.

Insert I4 is shorter than bore 22 of bowl 2!). The bottom portion of insert I4 is perforated as at 24 and it is through these perforations that the oil from the burning tobacco is drawn when the pipe is in use. A basin 2B collects the oil from the tobacco and prevents its movement along conduit 28 which is continued throughout the length of stem I 2.

It is always desirable to tamp the tobacco, espeof, because of the swelling due to combustion. It is common practice for a smoker to use the end of his finger, or some handy implement to tamp the tobacco into insert 14, but there are objectionable results arising from the use of a finger or some handy instrument, in that there is always some ash or dirt collected, and inmost instances, burning will occur because glowing ash will be collected on the member employed for tamping. A tamper should be conveniently disposed within access of the user of the pipe and accordingly, such an instrument is removably held within a. housing of body III.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, tamper 30 is held in a socket 32 below bowl 20. A compartment 34 immediately below socket 32 is in communication therewith and at the zone of juncture between compartment 34 and socket 32 there is placed a brush 36 on removable plug 38. This brush is engaged by the end of tamper 30 when the parts are in the relation shown in Fig. 1, and if any ash has collected on the end of tamper 30, it will be removed merely by turning tamper 30 to polish the inner end thereof.

A grip 40 on the outer end of tamper 30 serves as a means for manipulating the tamper and as it is rotated about its axis, the ash brushed therefrom will fall into compartment 34. After a time, compartment 34 should be emptied and a plug 42 may then be removed from its threaded engagement with bowl 20 and all of the matter collected in compartment 34 emptied through the hole provided for the plug 42.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that a removably housed tamper may be placed in a socket formed in the pipe body I0 and a brush may be removably mounted on the body to clean one end of the tamper.

Tobacco pipes having physical characteristics far different from those illustrated and described, might be produced without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A smoking pipe comprising a body having a bowl and a stem; a socket formed in said body; a tamper removably housed in said socket; a brush removably mounted on the body in a place to clean one end of the tamper when the latter is in the housed position; and a compartment formed in the body below and in communication with the said socket for catching the substance dislodged from the end of the tamper by the brush when the tamper is moved to clean the same.

2. A smoking pipe comprising a. body having a bowl and a. stem; :1 socket formed in said body; a. tamper removably housed in said socket; a. brush removably mounted on the body in a place to clean'one end of the temper when the latter is in the ,housed positing conrgagtngent ,gtprnied in the body .lgeiqwa ndin eommunigagzion withzthe 10 said socket for catching the substance dislodged from the end of the tamper by the brush when the temper is moved to clean the same; and a discharge opening in the body having a removable plug therein for emptying thQQiQQIEI1QQIt- K5 ment.

4 v REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

5 UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 834,177 Weller et a1. Oct. 23, 1906 944,418 Drew Dec, 28, 1909 ;1 114,-234 -Lofli n "O :t.v 20, 1914 1,591,814 Moore .AugQQBI, 1926 2,351,883 Sitney June 20, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 153,636 {France 1882 332,258 Germany Jan. 26, 1921 fiwitzeriand May 16, 1940 

